Oil Production, Refining and Transportation in Canada by I. A. Guliyev, I. I. Litvinyuk

“…The article deals with fuel and energy complex of Canada as one of the largest manufacturers of primary energy in the world, which provides up to 6 percent of the world energy supply. …”
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Government Low-Carbon Regulations Based on Supply Chain Members’ Behavior and Consumers’ Channel Preference in a Dual-Channel Supply Chain by Bingquan Liu, Xuran Chang, Boyang Nie, Yue Wang, Lingqi Meng

“…Therefore, this paper builds a Stackelberg game model led by the manufacturer in a dual-channel supply chain to examine the reaction of the government under centralized or decentralized decisions-making structures with different low-carbon strategies. …”
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Compact Uplink Circularly Polarized 2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna for Geostationary Amateur Radio Satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100) by Michal Cerveny, Pavel Hazdra

“…The proposed antenna was simulated, manufactured, measured and tested with the QO-100 transponder located on the Es’Hail-2 geostationary satellite. …”
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Error in the Sampling Area of an Optical Disdrometer: Consequences in Computing Rain Variables by R. Fraile, A. Castro, M. Fernández-Raga, C. Palencia, A. I. Calvo

“…For large raindrops (a little over 6 mm), the effective sampling area may be half the area indicated by the manufacturer. The error committed in the sampling area is propagated to all the variables depending on this surface, such as the rain intensity and the reflectivity factor. …”
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Damped weighted erasable itemset mining with time sensitive dynamic environments by Hanju Kim, Myungha Cho, Seungwan Park, Doyoung Kim, Doyoon Kim, Unil Yun

“…In this paper, we propose a new weighted erasable itemset mining approach considering time-sensitive dynamic environments. For industrial manufacturers with automated control systems, our method focuses on recent data and item weights to effectively filter out unprofitable itemsets. …”
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A 28-GHz Vivaldi Array Antenna With Power Divider Structure for Achieving Wide Band and Gain Enhancement by Ming-An Chung, Dainius Udris, Chia-Wei Lin, Chih-Wei Yang

“…To validate the design, the proposed high-gain planar Vivaldi array antenna was manufactured, and the measured results were very similar to the simulated one. …”
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Design of Ring-Focus Elliptical Beam Reflector Antenna by Jun-Mo Wu, Xue Lei, Dong-fang Zhou, Lei Hou, Hong-wei Chen

“…Then, combining the needs of practical engineering, a ring-focus elliptical beam reflector antenna is manufactured and tested. The gain at center frequency (12 GHz) is 37.7 dBi with an aperture efficiency of 74.6%. 3 dB beam-width in φ=0° and φ=90° plane is 2.6° and 1.4°, respectively. …”
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Very Fast and Accurate Procedure for the Characterization of Photovoltaic Panels from Datasheet Information by Antonino Laudani, Francesco Riganti Fulginei, Alessandro Salvini, Gabriele Maria Lozito, Salvatore Coco

“…In recent years several numerical methods have been proposed to identify the five-parameter model of photovoltaic panels from manufacturer datasheets also by introducing simplification or approximation techniques. …”
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Property Optimisation of EPDM Rubber Composites Using Mathematical and Statistical Strategies by Sivaldo Leite Correia, Denilso Palaoro, Ana Maria Segadães

“…This demonstrates that, in this way, the desired product with specified characteristics can be comfortably manufactured at minimum cost.…”
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Reinforcing the brittle resistance of high-strength concrete using agricultural waste fiber by Radwa Defalla Abdel Hafez, Ali Shubbar, Mohammed Salah Nasr, Raghda Osama Abd-Al Ftah

“…Seven HSC mixtures were manufactured; three included rice straw fibers (RSF), three contained palm leaf sheath fibers (PLSF), and one was a control mix (without fibers). …”

Synthesis and Numerical Analysis of Compliant Devices: A Topology Optimization Approach for Mechanisms and Robotic Systems by S. Premanand, G. Arunkumar, Venkatesa Prabhu Sundramurthy

“…This final topology optimized and validated device can be manufactured and forced to experimental fatigue endurance test cycle test condition in static and dynamic state. …”
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In situ-formed cryomicroneedles for intradermal cell delivery by Mengjia Zheng, Tianli Hu, Yating Yang, Xuan Qie, Huaxin Yang, Yuyue Zhang, Qizheng Zhang, Ken-Tye Yong, Wei Liu, Chenjie Xu

“…Abstract Cryomicroneedles (cryoMNs) offer a convenient and minimally invasive way to precisely deliver therapeutic cells intradermally for treating local and systemic diseases. cryoMNs are manufactured by shaping and freezing the cell-containing cryogenic media in a microneedle template, which allows cells to be packaged in advance for direct usage in the clinic. …”
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Isatuximab for Delayed Red Cell Engraftment after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation by Mary Nauffal, Stephen Eng, Andrew Lin, Alexander Chan, Kathryn Mazzerella, Sergio Giralt, Miguel-Angel Perales, Boglarka Gyurkocza

“…After repeated insurance denials for daratumumab, isatuximab was obtained from the manufacturer through their CareASSIST program. Following the completion of 2 cycles of isatuximab (8 doses), significant and sustained red cell recovery was observed.…”
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Development of an effective risk reduction system at food industry enterprises by I. P. Mitrofanova, D. A. Rizak, V. A. Bagin

“…For the consumer, to maintain his physical health when eating is of great importance, and for the manufacturer, this is a matter of economic well-being through the production and supply of safe products for consumption. …”
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PURITY TESTING OF ARRIAH FMD VACCINES by D. A. Lozovoy, D. V. Mikhalishin, V. A. Starikov, M. I. Doronin, A. S. Sharypov

“…All tested vaccines manufactured by the FGBI “ARRIAH” were demonstrated to induce no FMDV NSP antibodies suggesting their complete removal from the virus-containing suspension.…”
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Robust and consistent bonding of polydimethylsiloxane to polystyrene cell culture plates by Marta K. Orlowska, Mary Lor, Rebecca L. Fitzsimmons, Harley Robinson, Iliana Delcheva, Daniel Williams, Craig Priest, James E. Hudson

“…This bonding process has been successfully used over the past 2 years, with hundreds of plates manufactured for drug screening applications. Others may also have similar applications where this method may facilitate the fabrication of more robust PDMS–PS devices.…”
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Unveiling Islamophobia: navigating its presence in Sweden by Adrián Groglopo, Fereshteh Ahmadi, Jimmy Stephen Munobwa

“…Political and media narratives often manufacture immigration as a social problem, framing the construction of meaning through the discourses of cultural differences as social, political and security problems. …”
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Surface morphology, magnetic resonance and antistatic properties of fabric with carbon coating, modified by metal clusters by A. G. Anisovich, I. P. Akula, A. P. Laskovnev, M. I. Markevich, N. M. Chekan

“…The morphology of the surface, the magnetic resonance and antistatic properties of the 07C11-KV blended fabric manufactured by Mogotex LLC with a carbon coating doped with metal clusters are studied.The coating was applied by pulsed cathodic-arc deposition in vacuum of 3.5 · 10–3 Pa. …”
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Effects of Incorporation of Marble Powder Obtained by Recycling Waste Sludge and Limestone Powder on Rheology, Compressive Strength, and Durability of Self-Compacting Concrete by Rayed Alyousef, Omrane Benjeddou, Chokri Soussi, Mohamed Amine Khadimallah, Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed

“…To this end, two SCCs, SCCM and SCCL, manufactured using marble powder and limestone filler, respectively, were prepared and tested. …”
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Influence of Balance Hole Diameter on Leakage Flow of the Balance Chamber in a Centrifugal Pump by Wei Dong, Diyi Chen, Jian Sun, Yan Dong, Zhenbiao Yang, Junle Yan

“…The balancing holes in centrifugal pumps with seals mounted in both suction and discharge sides are one of the approaches used by pump manufacturers to reduce the axial thrust. The balance hole diameter directly affects the axial force of the centrifugal pump. …”
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